Flow and sediment dynamics in the vegetated secondary channels of an anabranching river: The Loire River (France)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 89-109

  Rodrigues, Stéphane ^a   Bréhéret, Jean Gabriel ^a   Macaire, Jean Jacques ^a   Moatar, Florentina ^a   Nistoran, Dana ^b   Jugé, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Association pour le Développement de l'Enseignement Superieur en Val de Vienne   (France)

Author keywords

Flow velocity; Loire River; Secondary channels; Sediment dynamics; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DEPOSITION; FLOW VELOCITY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER CHANNEL; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645864349     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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